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You threw me into the deep, into the depths of the sea,
    and water surrounded me.
        All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me.

“Then I thought,
    ‘I have been banished from your sight.
        Will I ever see your holy temple again?’

“Water surrounded me, threatening my life.
    The deep sea covered me completely.
        Seaweed was wrapped around my head.

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You hurled me into the depths,(A)
    into the very heart of the seas,
    and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves(B) and breakers
    swept over me.(C)
I said, ‘I have been banished
    from your sight;(D)
yet I will look again
    toward your holy temple.’(E)
The engulfing waters threatened me,[a]
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:5 Or waters were at my throat